FORT SMITH, AR —
OSHA Injury Report: MERCY ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL FORT SMITH
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at MERCY ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL FORT SMITH in FORT SMITH, AR 72903 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST II in orthopedic hospitals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- MERCY ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL FORT SMITH
- Parent company
- MERCY HEALTH
- Street
- 3601 S 79TH ST
- City
- FORT SMITH
- State
- AR
- ZIP
- 72903
- On-site location
- SURGERY SUITE
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Putting used instruments in a basin that was sitting on top of my instrument pan.
What happened
I went to put the used instruments in my basin which was sitting in my instrument pan to prevent used touching clean instruments and my needle box was sitting below the instrument pan. In the needle box was a double ended k wire and one end was in the foam and the other was sticking up. So my hand came down and barely poked me. I took the two layers of gloves off and a little blood was seen by me and a nurse.
Injury or illness
PUNCTURE WITH BLOOD EXPOSURE
Object or substance involved
K WIRE
Summary line
PUNCTURE- HAND NEEDLE
Employee and industry
- Job description
- SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST II
- SOC code
- 29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622310 — Orthopedic hospitals
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 113
- Total hours worked
- 182338
- EIN
- 202553101
- Establishment ID
- 735510
- Employer case #
- EV20241648
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30
- Time of incident
- 15:45
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 25FEB2025:12:31:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.